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By affecting Gugulethu Gardens and VIP Police for provincial parliament officials, the Covid-19 cases are closing shops, police stations and even a legislature building in the Western Cape.
“The provincial parliament building will undergo full decontamination and disinfection as prescribed,” the legislature said Tuesday when the virus seized a small initial circle of international travelers.
At 1:00 p.m., the province’s coronavirus board noted that there were 71 deaths and 3,677 cases of coronavirus in the province, but that 997 people had recovered.
There are 7,220 cases nationwide, 138 deaths, and 2,746 people have recovered.
The legislature’s coronavirus protocols come after a member of the provincial legislature (MPL) on the ANC committee, Gladys Bakubaku-Vos, was diagnosed with Covid-19 and admitted to the hospital on Saturday.
Other MPLs who had contact with the member went to be tested on Monday and are in quarantine, pending the results.
ANC MPL Cameron Dugmore said she was believed to have contracted the virus while performing constituency duties.
“He was looking out for the interests of the poor and the suffering. He is suspected of contracting the disease in the course of his work in a risky environment, which is an occupational hazard,” Dugmore said.
A few blocks away, a member of the police’s elite VIP protection unit was also diagnosed with the new coronavirus on Monday.
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Police spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the last time he worked was April 27 and received news last week that his brother had contracted the virus.
It showed no signs of the virus, but was tested Saturday anyway.
“He received his results on the afternoon of May 4, 2020,” Naidoo said.
Goma House, where they were located, was evacuated, and all colleagues who have been in contact with her and who work there are being examined and evaluated.
The building itself is being “decontaminated” and the staff will remain in self-isolation, pending the outcome of their results.
The VIP unit generally protects high-ranking government officials with its special surveillance and driving skills.
A Shoprite in Gugulethu was the last of the Shoprite branches to close after a “positive Covid-19 test in store.”
More tests and exams are also underway.
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Last week, Checkers declined to elaborate on reports that two staff members at its Bayside store in Table View were among the people who did not survive, citing privacy reasons.
At Gardens Center, a person working at Woolworths tested positive, leading to a store closure, isolation, tracking and decontamination protocol.
“We were informed yesterday that a team member at our Gardens Center store had tested positive for the Covid-19 virus and is now recovering at home in isolation,” Woolworths told News24.
“Our highest priority is the health and safety of our people and our customers.”
Woolworths was among the few stores allowed to trade during the strict Level 5 closure rules, although it had to remove its roast chicken from inventory due to the ban on hot food sales at the time.
The store has been closed for deep forensic cleanup and all who were in direct contact with the employee were quarantined for 14 days.
The company follows the procedures of the Department of Health and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases to handle the situation.
The health of people in direct contact with the employee is being monitored by the company’s Covid-19 helpline and if symptoms develop, testing arrangements will be made.
The store will open to trade as soon as possible after the cleaning process.
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